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Posts tagged with 'NYT' at MetaFilter.Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:31:30 -0800Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:31:30 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Bringing a Daughter Back From the Brink with Poemshttp://www.metafilter.com/147428/Bringing%2Da%2DDaughter%2DBack%2DFrom%2Dthe%2DBrink%2Dwith%2DPoems
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/style/bringing-a-daughter-back-from-the-brink-with-poems.html?_r=0">The most optimistic people often struggle the hardest. They can’t quite square what’s going on in the world with their beliefs, and the disparity is alarming. [slnyt]</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.147428Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:31:30 -0800ellieBOAAs a society, we have now passed peak bae.http://www.metafilter.com/147328/As%2Da%2Dsociety%2Dwe%2Dhave%2Dnow%2Dpassed%2Dpeak%2Dbae
According to a <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/99161057/ADS2015.pdf">British linguist's research on Twitter users in the U.S.</a> (<small>direct link to 55-page PDF</small>), what do young Southern black women and young Northern and Western white men have in common? They're "lexical innovators" whose slang creation skills are <i>on fleek</i>. If you'd like to test your slang vocabulary's on fleek status, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/22/upshot/internet-language-quiz.html?rref=upshot">the New York Times is here to help</a>. (<a href="http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2015/02/new-york-times-asks-readers-fleek/">via</a>)
Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/145705/Brands-Saying-Bae">Brands Saying Bae</a> and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/141267/Time-magazine-explains-it-all-to-you">Time magazine explains it all to you</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.147328Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:57:07 -0800fuse theoremA brief discussion about the Oscarshttp://www.metafilter.com/146974/A%2Dbrief%2Ddiscussion%2Dabout%2Dthe%2DOscars
A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis talk about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/movies/awardsseason/oscars-2015-a-o-scott-and-manohla-dargis-discuss-the-contenders.html?action=click&contentCollection=Movies&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article">what the Oscars mean today</a> and how they paradoxically reach more people than the movies they celebrate. [SLNYT] tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146974Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:59:11 -0800wyndhamHow One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Lifehttp://www.metafilter.com/146973/How%2DOne%2DStupid%2DTweet%2DBlew%2DUp%2DJustine%2DSaccos%2DLife
I started to wonder about the recipients of our shamings, the real humans who were the virtual targets of these campaigns. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0">So for the past two years, I’ve been interviewing individuals like Justine Sacco: everyday people pilloried brutally, most often for posting some poorly considered joke on social media.</a> Whenever possible, I have met them in person, to truly grasp the emotional toll at the other end of our screens. The people I met were mostly unemployed, fired for their transgressions, and they seemed broken somehow — deeply confused and traumatized. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146973Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:49:44 -0800stoneweaverThe Fire on the 57 Bus in Oaklandhttp://www.metafilter.com/146573/The%2DFire%2Don%2Dthe%2D57%2DBus%2Din%2DOakland
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/magazine/the-fire-on-the-57-bus-in-oakland.html">This happened where I work and live, it's a devastating read about ignorance, healing and forgiveness</a> Well balanced NYT article about Sasha Fleischman, an agender teen who fell asleep on a city bus and was set on fire by a 16 year old named Richard Thomas. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146573Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:59:46 -0800bobdowDon't Try Too Hard to Please Twitterhttp://www.metafilter.com/146360/Dont%2DTry%2DToo%2DHard%2Dto%2DPlease%2DTwitter
<a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/01/dont-try-too-hard-to-please-twitter-and-other-lessons-from-the-new-york-times-social-media-desk/">The NYT Social Media team pulls the curtain back on how Twitter works for them</a> with detailed examples of how changing text and descriptions and focus in their short messages resonated with readers, and which fell flat. Really interesting bit of transparency on their process, and results. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146360Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:22:38 -0800mathowieWhat's Wrong With 'All Lives Matter'?http://www.metafilter.com/146081/Whats%2DWrong%2DWith%2DAll%2DLives%2DMatter
<blockquote>When we are taking about racism, and anti-black racism in the United States, we have to remember that under slavery black lives were considered only a fraction of a human life, so the prevailing way of valuing lives assumed that some lives mattered more, were more human, more worthy, more deserving of life and freedom, where freedom meant minimally the freedom to move and thrive without being subjected to coercive force. But when and where did black lives ever really get free of coercive force? One reason the chant "Black Lives Matter" is so important is that it states the obvious but the obvious has not yet been historically realized. So it is a statement of outrage and a demand for equality, for the right to live free of constraint, but also a chant that links the history of slavery, of debt peonage, segregation, and a prison system geared toward the containment, neutralization and degradation of black lives, but also a police system that more and more easily and often can take away a black life in a flash all because some officer perceives a threat.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/george-yancy" title="George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University">George Yancy</a> interviews <a href="http://complit.berkeley.edu/?page_id=168" title="yes, *that* Judith Butler">Judith Butler</a> for NYT: <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/whats-wrong-with-all-lives-matter/" title="What's Wrong With 'All Lives Matter'?">What's Wrong With 'All Lives Matter'?</a> This is the latest installation of Yancy's <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/philosophers-on-race/">'philosophers on race' interview series</a>, published by <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/the-stone/">The Stone</a> [NYT]. Previous installations are linked and excerpted below.
<strong>November 5, 2014</strong>: <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/what-white-privilege-really-means/">What 'White Privilege' Really Means</a> by George Yancy and <a href="http://philosophy.uoregon.edu/profile/nzack/" title="Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy at University of Oregon">Naomi Zack</a>
<blockquote>The term "white privilege" is misleading. A privilege is special treatment that goes beyond a right. It's not so much that being white confers privilege but that not being white means being without rights in many cases. Not fearing that the police will kill your child for no reason isn't a privilege. It's a right. But I think that is what "white privilege" is meant to convey, that whites don't have many of the worries nonwhites, especially blacks, do. I was talking to a white friend of mine earlier today. He has always lived in the New York City area. He couldn't see how the Michael Brown case had anything to do with him. I guess that would be an example of white privilege.
Other examples of white privilege include all of the ways that whites are unlikely to end up in prison for some of the same things blacks do, not having to worry about skin-color bias, not having to worry about being pulled over by the police while driving or stopped and frisked while walking in predominantly white neighborhoods, having more family wealth because your parents and other forebears were not subject to Jim Crow and slavery. Probably all of the ways in which whites are better off than blacks in our society are forms of white privilege. In the normal course of events, in the fullness of time, these differences will even out. But the sudden killings of innocent, unarmed youth bring it all to a head.</blockquote>
<strong>November 16, 2014</strong>: <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/lost-in-rawlsland/">Lost in Rawlsland</a> by George Yancy and <a href="http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/mills.html" title="Charles W. Mills, John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at Northwestern University">Charles Mills</a>
<blockquote>In the case of race, we need to do various things, like exposing the racism of most of the important liberal theorists (such as Kant), asking what the actual color-coded (rather than sanitized for later public consumption) versions of their theories are saying (are blacks full persons for Kant, for example?), and how these racially partitioned norms justified a white-dominant colonial world. (See my "<a href="http://blogs.newschool.edu/graduate-faculty-philosophy-journal/2014/12/08/kant-and-race-redux-by-charles-w-mills/">Kant and Race, Redux</a>" in the forthcoming special issue on race and the history of philosophy of the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal.) As I said above, we need to recognize and investigate the workings of racial liberalism/imperial liberalism, since this is the actual version of liberalism that has made the modern world and that, more subtly today, is continuing to help maintain its topography of illicit racialized privilege and disadvantage. In the title of one of my papers, we need to be "<a href="http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/liberalising-illiberal-liberalism">Liberalizing Illiberal Liberalism</a>," a reconstruction of liberal theory.</blockquote>
<strong>December 5, 2014</strong>: <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/white-anxiety-and-the-futility-of-black-hope/">White Anxiety and the Futility of Black Hope</a> by George Yancy and <a href="https://clas-pages.uncc.edu/shannon-sullivan/" title="Shannon Sullivan, Chair and Professor of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte">Shannon Sullivan</a>
<blockquote>Class and poverty are real factors here, but they don't erase the effects of race and racism, at least not in the United States and not in a lot of other countries with histories (and presents) of white domination. The challenge philosophically and personally is to keep all the relevant factors in play in thinking about these issues. In that complex tangle, you hit the nail on the head when you said that black life continues to be valued as less. Poor white people's lives aren't valued for much either, but at least in their case it seems that something went wrong, that there was something of potential value that was lost.
Let's put it even more bluntly: America is fundamentally shaped by white domination, and as such it does not care about the lives of black people, period. It never has, it doesn't now, and it makes me wonder about whether it ever will.</blockquote>
<strong>December 23, 2014</strong>: <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/black-lives-between-grief-and-action/">Black Lives: Between Grief and Action</a> by George Yancy and <a href="http://humanities.williams.edu/joy-james/" title="Joy James, Professor of the Humanities and Political Science at Williams College">Joy James</a>
<blockquote>In a democracy, the implications for an ill-informed citizenry are grim. The recent tragedies remind us that this violence is sadly familiar to those who have a complex memory. We've grappled with racial animus and hatred from overseers, Klansmen and -women, police, segregationists, integrationists and various sectors of society from academia to athletics.
The implications of public servants and deputized vigilantes violating black life with impunity are profound, especially for young black people. We need to publicly debate whether it is just, moral, and appropriate, or even safe and sane, to believe in modern policing, given the fallibility, corruption and danger present in the institution. Police agencies have a history of racial bias and violence that has been investigated and condemned by governments as well as civil and human rights organizations. Citizens are supposed to flee or fight criminals, not the police. But reality teaches you that in black life you need to be ever vigilant for both.</blockquote>
Previous works by the interviewer and interviewees:
&#0183; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/George-Yancy/e/B001HCZRS0">George Yancy's author page at Amazon</a>
&#0183; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Naomi-Zack/e/B001HMUURI">Naomi Zack's author page at Amazon</a>
&#0183; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charles-W.-Mills/e/B001HMMJF4">Charles W. Mills' author page at Amazon</a>
&#0183; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shannon-Sullivan/e/B001H6PN8K">Shannon Sullivan's author page at Amazon</a>
&#0183; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Joy-James/e/B001HCW0SA">Joy James' author page at Amazon</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146081Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:36:16 -0800divined by radioSnake &amp; Bacon take on the Grey Lady... and get slaughteredhttp://www.metafilter.com/146049/Snake%2Dand%2DBacon%2Dtake%2Don%2Dthe%2DGrey%2DLady%2Dand%2Dget%2Dslaughtered
<a href="http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/my-nyt-nightmare/">New York Times n'est pas Charlie?</a> In which Michael Kupperman (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/search.mefi?q=michael+kupperman&sort=date&site=mefi">previously here</a>) relates his own "freedom of speech" experience when he and David Rees (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/davidrees">previously here</a>) were hired to create editorial comics for the Week in Review section of The New York Times. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146049Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:11:57 -0800oneswellfoop"It’s hard to stay away from religion when you mess with acid."http://www.metafilter.com/146039/Its%2Dhard%2Dto%2Dstay%2Daway%2Dfrom%2Dreligion%2Dwhen%2Dyou%2Dmess%2Dwith%2Dacid
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/nyregion/robert-stone-novelist-inspired-by-war-dies-at-77-.html?ref=books">Robert Stone, Novelist of the Vietnam Era and Beyond, Dies at 77 <small>[New York Times]</small></a> <blockquote>"Robert Stone, who wrote ambitious, award-winning novels about errant Americans in dangerous circumstances or on existential quests — or both — as commentary on an unruly, wayward nation in the Vietnam era and beyond, died on Saturday at his home in Key West, Fla. He was 77.</blockquote> Related:
Robert Stone, The Art of Fiction No. 90 <small>[<a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2845/the-art-of-fiction-no-90-robert-stone">Paris Review</a>]</small>
Remembering Robert Stone <small>[<a href="http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-remembering-robert-stone-20150111-story.html">LA Times</a>]</small>
Robert Stone, Known For 'Dog Soldiers,' Dies At 77 <small>[<a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/01/12/376641256/novelist-robert-stone-known-for-dog-soldiers-dies-at-77">NPR.org</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146039Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:09:06 -0800Fizz"discard anything that doesn’t spark joy"http://www.metafilter.com/146024/discard%2Danything%2Dthat%2Ddoesnt%2Dspark%2Djoy
<a href="http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/12/09/tidying-up-kondo-westmoreland">De-cluttering your house with love</a>: "Marie Kondo has built a huge following in her native Japan with her “KonMari” method of organizing and de-cluttering. Clients perform a sort of tidying-up festival: time set aside specifically to go through belongings. Each object is picked up and held, and the client needs to decide if it inspires joy. If it doesn’t, it needs to go." The front-page link contains audio from NPR's "Here and Now" (approx. 9 min) &amp; an excerpt from Marie Kondo's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1607747308/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.”</a> More from the link:
<blockquote>“She’s really unique from other tidying experts in that other kind of de-cluttering people will focus on what to get rid of, and it’s kind of a depressing process. They’ll say ‘your house is so messy, you really need to de-clutter, you’re drowning in all this stuff.’ Marie takes a totally different tack, she says ‘you need to focus on what brings you joy, you need to focus on what to keep.'”</blockquote>
*NYTimes - <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/garden/home-organization-advice-from-marie-kondo.html?_r=0">Kissing Your Socks Goodbye: Home Organization Advice from Marie Kondo</a>
*Guardian - <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/27/top-tips-to-joyfully-declutter-your-home-from-marie-kondo">Top tips to joyfully declutter your home, from Marie Kondo</a>: "Anything that doesn’t make you happy or isn’t absolutely necessary should be touched, thanked and sent on its way, the bestselling Japanese author says"
Psychologies UK - <a href="https://psychologies.co.uk/self/10-tips-to-make-you-more-tidy-and-organised-now.html">10 tips to make you more tidy now</a>
"Marie Kondo argues that if you tidy your home properly now, you’ll never need to declutter again."
MindBodyGreen - <a href="http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-15733/10-ways-to-declutter-your-home-and-life.html">10 Ways To Declutter Your Home (And Life!)</a>
"When I discovered her guide The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, I realized I had been going about decluttering all wrong... In the spirit of helping others crawl out from under the clutter of our overly commodified lifestyle, here are 10 tips that helped me the most."
<a href="http://www.gransnet.com/forums/webchats/a1206347-Keep-calm-and-declutter-Q-A-with-tidy-expert-Marie-Kondo">a Q&amp;A with Marie Kondo on the "Gransnet" forum</a>
(scroll down to "MarieKondo Thu 29-May-14 15:00:50" for her highlighted answers to specific questions)
the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RIJYKm5WeI">book trailer</a> (YouTube video, &gt;2 min.) featuring a subtitled interview with the author
online excerpts from her book (each link has different content):<ul>
<li>NPR - <a href="http://www.npr.org/books/titles/363739801/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up-the-japanese-art-of-decluttering-and-organ">The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing</a></li>
<li>Slate - <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/12/19/the_life_changing_magic_of_tidying_up_by_marie_kondo_is_a_best_selling_guide.html">One Guru’s Approach to Decluttering Your Home—and Your Life</a></li>
<li>Crown Publishing - <a href="http://crownpublishing.com/feature/refreshingly-simple-guide-decluttering-life/">Preview the refreshingly simple guide to decluttering</a>
(Scribd embed at link - contains the complete table of contents &amp; part of chapter 4)</li>
</ul>
other possibly useful decluttering links:
*Peggy Wang (Buzzfeed) - <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/how-to-de-clutter-your-entire-life">34 Ingenious Ways To De-Clutter Your Entire Life</a>
*Apartment Therapy - <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/collection/january-cure-2015-468">the "January Cure" for 2015</a> (assignment posts on the blog begin <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/lets-get-started-your-weekend-of-flowers-floors-the-january-cure-assignment-1-214522">here</a>)
*Minimalist Couple - <a href="http://minimalistcouple.com/blog/the-i-dont-know-room">The "I Don't Know" Room</a>
*miss minimalist - <a href="http://www.missminimalist.com/2011/11/twenty-questions-to-clear-your-clutter/">twenty questions to clear your clutter</a>
*Unclutterer - <a href="https://unclutterer.com/2013/05/20/unclutter-your-storage-spaces-with-a-thing-a-day/">"Many people new to uncluttering will begin the process with a simple technique called “a thing a day.”"</a>
*<a href="http://www.theminimalists.com/start/">The Minimalists - resources/further reading</a>
*Barking Up The Wrong Tree - <a href="http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/06/how-to-motivate-yourself/">How To Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science</a>
*<a href="http://unfuckyourhabitat.tumblr.com/about">Unfuck Your Habitat</a> - previously on MeFi <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/113349/Unfk-Your-Habitat">here</a>
also previously on MeFi:
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/117949/A-Culture-of-Clutter">a culture of clutter</a>
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/67172/Tis-the-season-for-stuff">the story of stuff</a>
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/144792/On-Japanese-Farewell-Ceremonies-for-Things">on Japanese farewell ceremonies for things</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146024Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:52:34 -0800flexnew theories regarding depressionhttp://www.metafilter.com/145984/new%2Dtheories%2Dregarding%2Ddepression
"We know that people may be genetically pre-disposed to depression and anxiety disorders. We also know that specific life events may trigger depressive episodes in those who have previously been the picture of mental health. But so far we've been unable to identify one single, definitive catalyst. However, <a href="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/is-depression-an-allergic-reaction-039">new research suggests that, for some people, depression may be caused by something as simple as an allergic reaction – a reaction to inflammation</a>; a product of the body, not the mind." <blockquote>So, scientists are asking: If ill people feel and act a lot like depressed people, might there be a link? Yes, basically. It's all about inflammation – that clever red siren we have in our immune system that lets the body know something is wrong and it needs to be fixed. Proteins called cytokines cause inflammation and flick the brain's "sickness" switch – i.e. make us sad and still. Cytokines skyrocket during depressive episodes and, in those with bipolar disorder, halt in remission. The fact that "normal", healthy people can become temporarily anxious or depressed after receiving an inflammatory vaccine – like typhoid – lends further credence to the theory.</blockquote>
Guardian - <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/04/depression-allergic-reaction-inflammation-immune-system">Is depression a kind of allergic reaction?</a>
NYTimes - <a href="http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/what-if-were-wrong-about-depression/">What If We're Wrong About Depression?</a>
Discover - <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/9-depressions-dance-with-inflammation">Depression's Dance With Inflammation</a>
“If you block inflammation in people who don’t have high levels of inflammation, you can do them a disservice,” Miller says. “What’s now becoming better appreciated is that there is a certain level of inflammatory cytokines that is probably necessary for brain function.” The study, published in 2013, shows that the role of inflammation in mental health might be more nuanced than once thought.
*<a href="http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/25/how-advil-thwarts-the-effects-of-prozac/">Study: Common Painkillers Reduce The Effectiveness Of SSRI Antidepressants</a>
*<a href="http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/24/magic-mushrooms-expand-the-mind-by-dampening-brain-activity/">Magic Mushrooms Expand The Mind By Dampening Brain Activity; May Help Depression</a>
Pacific Standard - <a href="http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/hallucinogens-starvation-magnets-new-cure-depression-84107/">Hallucinogens, Starvation, and Magnets: A New Cure for Depression?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.145984Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:46:57 -0800flexStuff you Learn in Your 40shttp://www.metafilter.com/145930/Stuff%2Dyou%2DLearn%2Din%2DYour%2D40s
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/opinion/sunday/what-you-learn-in-your-40s.html">There are no grown-ups.</a> We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing books and attending parent-teacher conferences. Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.145930Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:18:47 -0800CODWhat 2,000 Calories look like NYT Photo articlehttp://www.metafilter.com/145561/What%2D2000%2DCalories%2Dlook%2Dlike%2DNYT%2DPhoto%2Darticle
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/22/upshot/what-2000-calories-looks-like.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;module=mini-moth&amp;region=top-stories-below&amp;WT.nav=top-stories-below&amp;_r=0&amp;abt=0002">Ever wondered what a days worth of calories looks like in fast food form? Well wonder no more!</a> <quote><em>Here, we show you what roughly 2,000 calories looks like at some large chains. (Depending on age and gender, most adults should eat between 1,600 and 2,400 calories a day.) Researchers have long understood that people are more likely to finish what’s on their plate than to stop eating because they’ve consumed a given amount of food. It’s “the completion compulsion,” a phrase <a href="http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1957.3.g.15">coined</a> in the 1950s by the psychologist Paul S. Siegel.</em></quote> There has long been debate about what amount and what kind of <a href="http://nutrition.about.com/od/changeyourdiet/a/calguide.htm">calorific intake a healthy adult needs per day</a>, but by focussing on the 2,000 amount, the NYT has compiled a picture list of what <em>a meal of at least 2,000 calories</em> at several well known fast old outlets looks like.
The article is long-form with embedded pictures so no unnecessary 'gallery views'.
Here's a calorific rundown, but really don't just rely on the text, in this case pictures really do say a lot more than mere words:
<ul>
<li> POTBELLY Orange Mango juice (250), big Italian sandwich with mayonnaise (1,088), chips (220), cookie (420).
<li> CHIPOTLE Carnitas burrito (945), chips and guacamole (770), Coke (276).
<li> SHAKE SHACK Double ShackBurger (770), fries (470), Black and White shake (760).
<li> RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE Cowboy ribeye steak (1,690), martini (230).
<li> P.F. CHANG’S Spinach (120), dumplings (195), orange beef (565), pad thai (580), caramel cake (430), wine (125).
<li> OLIVE GARDEN Salad (150), breadstick (140), Tour of Italy sampler (1,500), quartino of wine (230).
<li> IHOP Classic Skillet, with sausage (1,880); orange juice (110).
<li> MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY Zuccotto cake (1,790), cappuccino (220).
<li> CHEESECAKE FACTORY Farfalle with chicken (2,410).
<li> SONIC Peanut Butter Caramel Pie Shake (2,090).
<li> BURGER KING Double Whopper with cheese (1,070), onion rings (410), vanilla milkshake (550).
<li> MCDONALD’S Crispy Chicken sandwich with bacon (750), fries (340), Coke (200), McFlurry with Oreos (690).
<li> WENDY’S Baconator Cheeseburger (940), Potato with bacon and cheese (520), Caesar salad (250), Coke (320).
<li> SUBWAY Cold-cut combo (375), chips (230), chicken noodle soup with oyster crackers (155), cookie (220), Buffalo-chicken salad (360), Coke (200), egg-and-cheese flatbread (370), juice (100).
<li> STARBUCKS Java Chip Frappucino (460), latte (190), orange mango smoothie (270), grilled cheese (580), popcorn (125), sausage croissant (410).
<li>PIZZA HUT Meat Lover’s Stuffed Crust pizza (880), baked wings with blue cheese (340), Mountain Dew (440), two cookies (360).
<li> HOME PREPARED Yogurt with fruit and nuts (210), toast and jam (85), coffee (2), beef stir-fry and farro (400), diet soda (0), pretzels (220), pear (100), chicken and arugula (490), Brussels sprouts and squash (55), water (0), wine (120), cookies (200) Butternut squash hash with fried egg (175), turkey chili (410), tortilla chips (120), water (0), coffee (2), chicken wings (280), berries with yogurt (130), orecchiette with chicken sausage and broccoli rabe (435), beer (155), ice cream with poached pear (370)
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The salt and fat intake that would occur by eating any of these single 'meals' is generally not measured.
The article does include several embedded links with studies on how healthy (or not) specific fast food outlet offerings are. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145561Tue, 23 Dec 2014 04:33:42 -0800FaintdreamsJoy From The Worldhttp://www.metafilter.com/145166/Joy%2DFrom%2DThe%2DWorld
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/magazine/Diverse-Holiday-Feasts-From-Five-New-York-Families.html?_r=0">December is a month of darkness across the Northern Hemisphere, where 90 percent of the global population lives. We battle it with candles and song, and above all with parties and food.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145166Tue, 09 Dec 2014 04:38:00 -0800ellieBOA"On the third day of the iguana plague..."http://www.metafilter.com/144939/On%2Dthe%2Dthird%2Dday%2Dof%2Dthe%2Diguana%2Dplague
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/magazine/the-iguana-in-the-bathtub.html?ref=magazine">The Iguana in the Bathtub by Anne Doten <small>[New York Times]</small></a> Hard lessons on a cold day in Florida.
<blockquote>"When the temperature dipped below 40, iguanas started falling from the trees. Small, sleek green iguanas; big iguanas as long as four feet from snout to tail, scales cresting gloriously from their heads; orange-and-green iguanas, their muscled, goose-pimpled arms resolving into sharp claws. Iguanas were everywhere: in the bushy areas surrounding canals, on sidewalks, in backyards, lying helpless among the fallen, rotting fruit of mango and orange trees."</blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144939Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:29:37 -0800FizzHow likely is it that birth control could let you down?http://www.metafilter.com/144868/How%2Dlikely%2Dis%2Dit%2Dthat%2Dbirth%2Dcontrol%2Dcould%2Dlet%2Dyou%2Ddown
The NYT <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/14/sunday-review/unplanned-pregnancies.html">calculates the probability</a> of pregnancy using 15 common birth control methods, for up to 10 years of both "typical" and "perfect" use. <small>Protip: the graphs do slidey comparison things on mouseover!</small> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144868Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:28:42 -0800RaginiIt pretty much landed in my laphttp://www.metafilter.com/144798/It%2Dpretty%2Dmuch%2Dlanded%2Din%2Dmy%2Dlap
<em>I’ve been watching Odell Beckham practice similar one-handed catches for the past several weeks. He caught half a dozen in practice before Sunday’s game, and had an amazing one-handed fingertip catch in practice several weeks ago. So he was definitely on my radar screen. Today I was making a point of keeping track of where Beckham lined up, so I would be ready.</em> -- <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/sports/football/catch-by-giants-odell-beckham-jr-made-for-a-great-picture.html?_r=0%20(NYT%20article)">The New York Times interviews photographers</a> about how they themselves caught <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2278507-absurd-odell-beckham-jr-catch-inspires-things-odell-could-catch-memes">this incredible catch</a> in the Giants game last night. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144798Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:50:15 -0800Potomac AvenueThe History Of The New York Times' Style Sectionhttp://www.metafilter.com/144488/The%2DHistory%2DOf%2DThe%2DNew%2DYork%2DTimes%2DStyle%2DSection
"Despite its youth, the section has a much longer history, one that encompasses the long effort of women in journalism to be taken seriously as reporters and as readers, the development of New Journalism, large-scale social changes that have brought gay culture into the mainstream, shifts in the way news is delivered and consumed, and economic consolidations and disruptions that the section has, sometimes in spite of itself, thoroughly documented and cataloged. The Styles section may well be pretty stupid sometimes. It’s also a richer and more complex entity than any of us would like to believe." -<a href="http://www.theawl.com/2014/11/the-history-of-the-new-york-times-styles-section"> Bonfire Of The Inanities </a>- Jacqui Shine writes a long, detailed history of the New York Times Style Section. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144488Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:25:48 -0800The WhelkAge ain't nothing but a numberhttp://www.metafilter.com/144032/Age%2Daint%2Dnothing%2Dbut%2Da%2Dnumber
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/what-if-age-is-nothing-but-a-mind-set.html?_r=0">One day in the fall of 1981</a>, eight men in their 70s stepped out of a van in front of a converted monastery in New Hampshire. They shuffled forward, a few of them arthritically stooped, a couple with canes. Then they passed through the door and entered a time warp. Perry Como crooned on a vintage radio. Ed Sullivan welcomed guests on a black-and-white TV. Everything inside — including the books on the shelves and the magazines lying around — were designed to conjure 1959. This was to be the men’s home for five days as they participated in a radical experiment, cooked up by a young psychologist named Ellen Langer. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144032Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:46:03 -0800ellieBOAa man's home is his castle, a woman's body has never been wholly her ownhttp://www.metafilter.com/144015/a%2Dmans%2Dhome%2Dis%2Dhis%2Dcastle%2Da%2Dwomans%2Dbody%2Dhas%2Dnever%2Dbeen%2Dwholly%2Dher%2Down
<blockquote>"Trust Women" is a popular motto in the pro-choice movement. It sounds a little sentimental, doesn't it? Part of that old sisterhood-is-powerful feminism it is fashionable to mock today. But "Trust Women" doesn't mean that every woman is wise or good or has magical intuitive powers. It means that no one else can make a better decision, because no one else is living her life, and since she will have to live with that decision—not you, and not the state legislature or the Supreme Court—chances are she is doing her best in a tight spot.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/184321/exclusive-excerpt-how-pro-choicers-can-take-back-moral-high-ground">How Pro-Choicers Can Take Back the Moral High Ground</a>: an excerpt from essayist and poet <a href="http://www.kathapollitt.blogspot.com/">Katha Pollitt</a>'s latest book, <em>Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights</em>. • NYT: <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/changing-the-debate-katha-pollitt-talks-about-pro/">Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro'</a><blockquote>I know some readers are raising their eyebrows at my use of the word "patriarchal." But the home base of the anti-abortion movement is in religious denominations where women are formally subordinate — the Catholic church, where women are shut out of the priesthood, which is where the power is, and the Southern Baptist and other evangelical/fundamentalist churches, where wives are commanded to submit to their husbands. If that's not patriarchy, what is?</blockquote>
• The Diane Rehm Show: <a href="http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-10-08/katha-pollitt-pro-reclaiming-abortion-rights">October 8, 2014 interview with Katha Pollitt</a> (audio and full transcript)<blockquote>Well, I think the pro-choice movement has become very defensive, and so they've adopted a language that I think they may not realize is stigmatizing. For example, when you say, safe, legal and rare, you're saying, oh, there's too much abortion. Well, is there too much abortion? There are lots of people who want an abortion that can't have one. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Amendment">Hyde Amendment</a> prevents, in most states, poor women from getting coverage for their abortion, so there are a lot of women who have babies because they can't afford -- they don't have 500 dollars.
But there's also this, sort of, abortion is the most terrible decision a woman ever makes. It's the most difficult decision. Oh, it's just so tragic and awful. Well, that's really saying motherhood is the default position for women. A woman should be ready to have a baby whenever a stray sperm gets in there. And if she's going to have an abortion, she has to feel really bad about it. But we know that, actually, most women who have abortions, it's not a difficult decision. They know right away that's what they want to do, and most women have abortions as soon as they can.</blockquote>
• Double X: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/10/katha_pollitt_s_pro_reclaiming_abortion_rights_reviewed.single.html">Abortion Is Great</a><blockquote><a href="http://www.acog.org/~/media/NewsRoom/MediaKit.pdf">Three in 10 American women</a> <small>[PDF]</small> have abortions by the time they hit menopause. They are not generally victims of rape or incest, or in any pitiable situation from which they need to be rescued. They are making a reasonable and even admirable decision that they can't raise a child at the moment. Is that so hard to say? As Pollitt puts it, "This is not the right time for me" should be reason enough. And saying that aloud would help push back against the lingering notion that it's unnatural for a woman to choose herself over others.</blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144015Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:23:49 -0800divined by radiocooking.nytimes.comhttp://www.metafilter.com/143682/cookingnytimescom
As hinted in the leaked <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/05/16/full-new-york-times-innovation-report/">digital innovation report</a> which outlined how the venerable newspaper could leverage a substantial archive to compete with clickbait, The New York Times has been developing <a href="http://cooking.nytimes.com/">cooking.nytimes.com</a>, a beautifully searchable repository of every recipe ever published in the newspaper. <a href="https://search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZContentLink.woa/wa/link?mt=8&path=apps%2fnytcooking"></a> Recently opened to the public after a long beta, it currently does not require a NYT subscription or registration. It works best on updated browsers on a desktop computer. There is also an iPad app. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143682Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:28:22 -0800Juliet BananaMad for Ads? Add Ads to Madhttp://www.metafilter.com/143612/Mad%2Dfor%2DAds%2DAdd%2DAds%2Dto%2DMad
<a href="http://madison.nytimes.com">Madison</a> is a new Vintage Ad archive from the New York Times. "<a href="http://adage.com/article/media/york-times-rolls-archive-vintage-print-ads/295397/">But the Times is inviting readers to do more than just view the ads.</a> It's also asking readers to help shape the archive by sifting through the ads, identifying them and even transcribing their text." Of course, no crowdsourcing project would be complete these days without a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification">gamification</a> element, so they show progress and award titles as you go along. Currently all Ads are from the 60's but more decades will be added eventually. <small><a href="https://gigaom.com/2014/10/14/nyt-asks-readers-to-help-identify-print-ads-also-launches-platform-for-crowdsourcing-called-hive/">Further Reading</a> if you've used up your AdAge links this month.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143612Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:23:11 -0800FreezBoy"It tastes like soap. Why am I eating soap right now?"http://www.metafilter.com/143503/It%2Dtastes%2Dlike%2Dsoap%2DWhy%2Dam%2DI%2Deating%2Dsoap%2Dright%2Dnow
The New York Times Magazine treated a group of second graders to a seven-course meal at a pricey NYC restaurant. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/video/magazine/100000003166834/small-plates.html">Culinarity ensued</a>. [video, <a href="http://digg.com/video/this-video-of-six-second-graders-being-treated-to-a-220-seven-course-tasting-menu-is-utterly-delightful">via</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143503Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:20:32 -0800fuse theoremThe Brown Sisters, in forty portraitshttp://www.metafilter.com/143311/The%2DBrown%2DSisters%2Din%2Dforty%2Dportraits
Who are these sisters? We’re never told (though we know their names: from left, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html">Heather, Mimi, Bebe and Laurie</a>; Bebe, of the penetrating gaze, is Nixon’s wife). The human impulse is to look for clues, but soon we dispense with our anthropological scrutiny — Irish? Yankee, quite likely, with their decidedly glamour-neutral attitudes — and our curiosity becomes piqued instead by their undaunted stares. All four sisters almost always look directly at the camera, as if to make contact, even if their gazes are guarded or restrained.<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/127625/Four-Sisters36-years">*</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143311Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:18:29 -0800ToekneesanLarry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What?http://www.metafilter.com/143055/Larry%2DEllison%2DBought%2Dan%2DIsland%2Din%2DHawaii%2DNow%2DWhat
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/magazine/larry-ellison-island-hawaii.html?_r=0">All of Lanai's owners have sought</a>, in one way or another, to refashion the island into a paradise on earth. Former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison hopes to transform it into the "first economically viable, 100% green community." tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143055Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:32:50 -0800ellieBOA